Hawai`i Sea Grant Helps Secure $1M Grant to Improve Resilience

May 4, 2022

Beachgoers walk along small portion of uncovered beach during a King Tide. Photo credit: Hawaii Sea Grant

Hawai`i Sea Grant partnered with the City and County of Honolulu on a joint application that secured a $1 million grant from the non-profit 100 Resilient Cities to improve Honolulu’s resilience to current physical, social, and economic challenges. Honolulu’s mid-Pacific location and heavy reliance on imported goods and services makes it highly vulnerable to natural disasters including hurricanes, tsunamis, flooding, and rising sea levels. These hazards could damage critical coastal infrastructure such as the airport, power plants, port and harbors, and potentially devastate Honolulu’s in-port dependent economy.

The 100 Resilient Cities non-profit awarded the City and County of Honolulu a $1 million grant over a two to three year period. At the City’s request, Hawaii Sea Grant conducted two site tours for City and County of Honolulu staff, community leaders, and the Rockefeller Foundation 100 Resilient Cities liaison in December 2016 and identified Hawaii Sea Grant as a critical partner in project implementation.

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Sea Grant welcomes 2025 Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship finalists

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Sea Grant College Program is thrilled to announce the finalists for the 2025 class of the Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship. This year, for the first time in program history, all eligible Sea Grant programs are represented by a diverse cohort of 88 early-career professionals who will spend the next year working alongside federal agencies or legislative offices in Washington, D.C., applying their academic expertise to critical marine, coastal and Great Lakes policy issues.

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Today, the Department of Commerce and NOAA announced the award of $22.78 million in funding to NOAA labs, programs, cooperative institutes and other research partners to advance research on a wide range of water-driven climate impacts. Research topics include coastal and inland flood and inundation mapping and forecasting, and next-generation water modeling activities, including modernized precipitation frequency studies.

These funds from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will help communities prepare for a range of climate impacts and will directly benefit policymakers, emergency responders, researchers and the general public.

Sea Grant and NOAA Fisheries Announce 2024 Joint Fellowship Program Awardees

Sea Grant and NOAA Fisheries are excited to announce the 2024 National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)-Sea Grant Joint Fellowship recipients. This year, seven population dynamics fellows and three marine resource economics fellows will embark on critical fisheries research with support through this national program.